Assisting Nature – Human Reproduction & Genetics

Assisting Nature, established in 2013 by esteemed doctors, is a fertility clinic based in Thessaloniki, Greece, with additional locations in Larissa and Ioannina.

The clinic provides various treatments, including IUI, IVF, and ICSI. In 2022, they reported a clinical pregnancy success rate of 53% per embryo transfer for egg donation and a 36% success rate per embryo transfer for IVF using the patient’s own eggs.

Assisting Nature prioritizes privacy, safety, and quality for women up to 54 years old who embark on their fertility journey with them. They also offer complimentary airport pick-up and discounts at select hotels in Thessaloniki.

IVF treatments at Assisting Nature Greece

The clinic itself has a wonderfully simplistic design with a mixture of blue, white and black colours, that have been delicately chosen to emit an aura of calm and relaxation so that your time in the Assisting Nature clinic is as stress-free as possible. It’s not just the décor that will help you feel calm but the doctors and specialists too, as they are all highly educated and experienced, and have worked at some of the most prestigious universities in the world, which has helped them become distinguished members of the medical community. They have even had their works and studies published in some of the most distinguished medical journals and even been invited to give talks all over the world about infertility treatment. This is the kind of staff that you can trust and put all of your faith in, and you knowing that you are in safe hands will allow you to feel even more calm and relaxed than before.

At Assisted Nature clinic in Greece they believe that by utilising state-of-the-art equipment they can offer you the best chances of success, and as such have equipped their lab with only the best in ART (Assisted Reproductive Technology). They also utilise many different techniques, all of which have been tested and proven to be successful when it comes to infertility treatment. With so many different treatment options available they will be able to personalise your treatment in order to best suit you.

Not only are Assisted Nature looking out for your best interests when it comes to helping you achieve pregnancy, but they are also looking out for your psychological well-being. Having a baby through IVF treatment can be a very taxing experience, especially when it comes to needing to utilise donor eggs or sperm, and they understand this. So they have a whole host of services available to you, in order to help you psychologically and ensure you are mentally prepared for everything the treatment involves. They offer counselling for both you one on one, and couple counselling if you wish to do it with your partner, as well as for single mothers and egg donors. These psychological services are available to you at any point during your treatment. With all of this available it shows that the clinic is looking out for your best interests and has your health in mind.

One of the main reasons for offering psychological services is due to it being hard on women when they need to rely on an egg donor in order to fall pregnant.

Endometrial and ovarian PRP at Assisting Nature

Assisting Nature also offers innovative treatments to aid individuals and couples in their journey towards conception. One such treatment is Endometrial PRP, priced at €900, which involves injecting platelet-rich plasma into the endometrium to enhance its thickness and quality, potentially increasing the chances of embryo implantation. Another advanced treatment offered is Ovarian PRP, costing €1,500, where platelet-rich plasma is injected into the ovaries with the aim of rejuvenating the ovarian tissue and improving ovarian function, which may help in increasing egg production and enhancing fertility. These treatments are part of Assisting Nature’s comprehensive approach to tackling various fertility issues, employing cutting-edge medical technology to improve reproductive outcomes.

Assisting Nature reviews

Check three of the 69 Google Business reviews posted by patients online. The clinic has received an average score of 4.3 in Google reviews.

“I and my wife have used the services of at least 4 IVF clinics and received consultations from others, both in the United Kingdom and Greece. I dare say IVF care in UK is in the medieval ages compared to that in Greece (this comparison could expand to other areas in private health care really); it is not about value-for-money, it mainly is about the expertise, commitment, personalisation and effort provided. Assisting Nature is by far ahead of any clinics we used in the UK, and one of the top (if not the ultimate best) in Greece; I and my wife are in our 40s and we consider ourselves extremely lucky and thankful for having been referred to this clinic, because after years of unsuccessful IVF attempts with other clinics, we now go through our 2nd trimester of our pregnancy. And that was not just luck. Dr Papanikolaou, apart from having top academic qualifications, he is a skilled gynaecological surgeon; he has the competency and confidence to perform difficult and risky operations (one of the hysteroscopies in our case) with success. Unlike past previous clinics, where they wouldn’t even be able to see a wide-base polyp, and those who did wouldn’t have the skill or dare taking the risk of removing it. If it wasn’t for Dr Papanikolaou, we’d still be trying… The entire Assisting Nature clinic team of doctors / embryologists, nurses, midwives and admin staff have simply been brilliant. The personnel is highly trained (each in their field), dedicated and supportive. The team is supported by cutting-edge hardware and the latest medical / embryology lab equipment. I’d highly recommend this clinic, especially to women from the United Kingdom (or anywhere in the world!) Dr Papanikolaou and team thank you so much, we appreciate your efforts for helping us achieve success!!!”

Reviewed by Theo K

(Translated by Google) “I would like to thank my doctors Mr. Vangelis Papanikolaou and Fotini Chouliara who with their perfect scientific training are always willing to explain in detail all my questions and concerns. Thank you for the effort we make and which has been crowned with success so far as despite my difficult case, we have managed to collect two beautiful and chromosomally healthy blastocysts. I wish of course the second half of our joint effort to be crowned with success. A big thank you to the embryologist of the center Mrs. Timotheos for her also excellent scientific training. I have not felt so far to be a number, because the approach is always personalized. I also thank the midwives and the secretariat staff for their professionalism. The race continues and we will win it thanks to your help! Thank you!”

Reviewed by Olympia M.

(Translated by Google) “I just found out today that I am pregnant and I am very happy about it! I would really like to thank all the staff of the clinic, the obstetricians, the gynecological secretaries and above all Mr. Papanikolaou for their cooperation, dedication and professionalism! all well and watch out for my 3rd blastocyst! I’ll be back !!! 😊 ”

Reviewed by Marina Moukou

Egg donors at Assisting Nature

At Assisting Nature, they have strict guidelines on what requirements each donor needs to meet to donate.

• 20-32. Donors must be between 20 and 32, to ensure the health and fertility of the eggs.
• Educated. All donors must possess a high-school diploma, although the clinic prefers those with college degrees.
• No history of drug abuse. This is to ensure that no external and illegal substances will have interfered with the eggs, although they will be tested thoroughly to ensure this is the case.
• No STIs. They must never have contracted an STI (Sexually Transmitted Infection), even if it has been treated successfully. This is something that can also impact egg quality.
• Good health. All donors must be in good health and must also be non-smokers. The healthier the donor the better the quality of the eggs.

If you are interested in finding the ideal egg donor for your IVF treatment, you might be interested in watching the webinar below with Dr Evangelos Papanikolaou, MD, PhD, and Petroula Tatsi, BSc, Clinical Embryologist.